Alfonso Soriano Glove

[RobSteinmetz]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

The photos Jason provided (on US Presswire) show Soriano warming up with a glove with a Trapeze style web that has no wrist strap. The glove on eBay has a different style web with a wrist strap. It has the same Mizuno logos and nickname embroidery, but it's not the same style glove.

[joelsabi]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

I found some pictures of Soriano using a glove just like this and possily a photomatch.
Hard to tell if it is an exact match but I can tell you this everything matches up names, tagging, embroidery, location of embroidery.

based on suave photos seems as tho this glove was used at least on june 30, 2008.


1) used during warmups or practice. soriano clearly has on his bp jersey on.
2) soriano was injured and did not play during this period from jun 11 to july 23.

[markize]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Here is a picture of Soriano using a glove saying "El Monstruo"
I know its a trapeze but it also shows he used a glove with that embroidery during a game.

Jason,

I stand corrected. I had never seen a gamers on the market with "el monstruo" from before 2008. Good detective work!

Mark

By the way.....that hummer shouldn't be hard to spot on the road! Cubs blue

[suave1477]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

I think it is from 2001, I was just doing a search on pics of Soriano.

[markize]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Here is a photo I found of Soriano using a glove with out the Trapeze.

Jason,

Is that picture from 2001? I think I have seen that style glove from 2001, but I don't remember for sure.

Mark

[suave1477]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Here is a picture of Soriano using a glove saying "El Monstruo"
I know its a trapeze but it also shows he used a glove with that embroidery during a game.

[suave1477]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

While were on the topic here is Soriano's custom hummer

Ridiculous!!!

[suave1477]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Here is a photo I found of Soriano using a glove with out the Trapeze.

[markize]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

I understood this to be sourced from his brother which I thought would have a similar sig to most of his game used items on the market.

If it was signed at a game or Cubs Convention then I could understand the rushed look and the odd looking "A".

Andrew,

I just emailer you the same thing, but I was also under the impression it came from his brother. You make a good point about the "rushed" version of his signature though if it did come from his brother. As I said before, I have seen no "el monstruo" items before 2008. I thought it could be a warm up glove, but the us presswire photos show him during warm ups, and it's not the same glove.

Mark

[allstarsplus]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Andrew,

The flow is a bit off, but I have seen that style signature too. I consider that his "free" version, as opposed to where he us paid, and signs the whole thing. I do, however, trust that Rob said the promoters rush him through a signing and that's why it looks that way.

Mark

I understood this to be sourced from his brother which I thought would have a similar sig to most of his game used items on the market.

If it was signed at a game or Cubs Convention then I could understand the rushed look and the odd looking "A".

[yanks12025]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Has anybody emailed the seller asking about it.

[allstarsplus]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Still possible that it is a backup, but that photo (along with the others in that same series on US Presswire) show him using a similar glove with a Trapeze-style web (and no wrist strap) - the same style he typically uses in games. The eBay glove has a different style web with a wrist strap. Definitely not the same style glove.

The "EL MONSTRUO" embroidery shown on that picture is a good sign that it was a glove most likely ordered by Alfonso Soriano.

Hopefully someone can find a picture of it to at least show he used it in BP or warmups.

http://www.uspresswire.com/search/fulltext/3007841

[markize]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Mark - Has anyone found some pics of this? That glove looks like it has seen a lot of use. Maybe a backup?

What's up with the sig? The "A" in Alfonso looks like he made an extra line and the S-O-R-I-A-N-O doesn't flow like other Soriano sigs I have. Maybe the pen wasn't working well.

Andrew,

The flow is a bit off, but I have seen that style signature too. I consider that his "free" version, as opposed to where he us paid, and signs the whole thing. I do, however, trust that Rob said the promoters rush him through a signing and that's why it looks that way.

Still possible that it is a backup, but that photo (along with the others in that same series on US Presswire) show him using a similar glove with a Trapeze-style web (and no wrist strap) - the same style he typically uses in games. The eBay glove has a different style web with a wrist strap. Definitely not the same style glove.

Rob,

You are correct. Jason was kind enough to send me those pics last night, and it is not the same glove. There is a white line above "el monstruo", and 2 below it in the us presswire photo, as well as the open area around his knuckles, both of which aren't present on the ebay glove. The ebay pictures show 3 "x's" where the leather holds the two sections together, which aren't present on the us presswire photos.

I did find a picture somewhere (Getty I think) with a wrist strap, but I can find it now. I will try to find it and email you. As I mentioned in a previous post, I haven't seen any "el monstruo" gamers before 2008. My guess is that this may be a "warm up" glove as those pictures from us presswire are all pregame pictures.

Mark

[RobSteinmetz]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

Still possible that it is a backup, but that photo (along with the others in that same series on US Presswire) show him using a similar glove with a Trapeze-style web (and no wrist strap) - the same style he typically uses in games. The eBay glove has a different style web with a wrist strap. Definitely not the same style glove.

[allstarsplus]

Re: Alfonso Soriano Glove

I'm not an autograph expert by any means, but I know the "Alfonso So" autograph is relatively new and pretty much the only way he signs anymore. I heard many complaints at the Cubs Convention this year from people wanting a signature that included his entire name. The guys who do all the signings with Soriano told me that they instructed him to do this as a method of speeding up the signing process. Again, I don't analyze handwriting, but the signature looks like many others I've seen over the last year or two. With all that said, it is possible that this glove was retained as a backup or practice glove.

Rob - I was more talking about the "A" had 2 lines and the flow of the S---to the O. I am sure it is real, just looked like maybe the pen wasn't working and he had to start again.

Jason sent me a good link to show him using a similar glove. Like I said, maybe a backup?

http://www.uspresswire.com/search/fulltext/3007841